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Re: Wattenberg Family

2004-11-02 13:25:39Z

I had been wondering how come there was these Wattenberg locations in Colorado . Now , I know , tks.
For a town founding father , background must be plenty ?
Incidentally , maybe you have the answer :
- how come there is also a Wattenberg area in Tyrol ? Is Wattenberg not basically a German name found all along the Weser ?
- how would you translate Wattenberg ? I know of two tentative versions ( the cottonwool one and the mouth of the river one ) .

Regards .

Re: Wattenberg Family

2004-11-01 14:40:09Z

The Fredrick von Wattenberg that I am researching was born in Germany in 1826 and Died in Colorado 1897. He was the founder of the Town of Wattenberg Colorado.

Re: Wattenberg Family

2004-10-25 13:07:11Z

Well , it does not help right now . But later it might ,as I take for almost granted that the Polish Wattenberg , at a so far unknown date , came from Germany ;
To which century does you F von W belong ?

Re: Wattenberg Family

2004-10-22 15:56:54Z

I am finding that the Wattenberg line that I am looking for were from Germany. Also from Prussia.
Sorry if this information doesn't help you. The Person that I am looking for is Frederick von Wattenberg.

Re: Wattenberg Family

2004-10-19 08:42:42Z

Hi there !
Seems , in many cases , our ancestors were not too keen to keep track . Too bad .
One of my Wattenberg uncles settled in the States just before WWII. His sons live in NY and Florida .
So far I do not go back any farther than my GGGfather and I only know his first name .I know his son , my GGfather was born in a little town East of Lodz and he is the one who moved to Tomaszow Mazowiecki .
Don't you have any smatterings of which part of poland your 're coming from ? Whether you 're Galiziene , Litvak or plain Polish ?

Regards .

Jacques Wattenberg
wattenberg@wfinanceconseil.fr

Re: Wattenberg Family

all4road1 — 2004-10-19 02:30:45Z

That's a very good question. I was always told that our Wattenberg branch - which lived in Brooklyn/Manhattan since before 1912 - was from "Poland", with very little information other than that. I am working on trying to find out more, based on immigration manifests.

Re: Wattenberg Family

glralls — 2004-07-29 04:45:37Z

Wattenberg family:
Will be willing to share Wattenberg news with you. "Frederick Wattenberg married a widow named Mary Stearer Killner" Her husband was killed by a bear in Wyo. She moved back to Colo with her two sons Henry and Edward.
Edward married Hilda Anderson. Henry [our line] married Amelia Poggendorf. For more info write

Re: Wattenberg Family

2004-07-01 15:54:13Z

According to German German Wattenbergs I spoke to , the name belongs to the Weser valley in Germany (Bremen , Hanover ...).
Watten in old German is the area of the mouth of a river which is covered and uncovered by the tide .One German Wattenberg agreed with this ethymology .Other people believe Watten refers to cottonwool. As you know there is also a Wattenberg mountain area and ski resort in Austria .
I asked the German German Wattenbergs if they ever heard of non fully German Wattenbergs , Polish for instance : this got me a full NO NEVER .
As to me , a jewish Polish Wattenberg , just like you , I am wondering where/when/how the jewish branches originated.

Wattenberg's spotted

Austinmichelle2424 — 2002-10-14 08:03:19Z

My sister was married into a family and there was a Wattenberg in San Juan Capistrano, Orange Co., CA. It's a place to start.

Re: Wattenberg Family

2002-03-27 16:57:52Z

Marria,
Thankyou for your reply. I have a great deal of information on the Wattenberg family as far as photos and paperwork. I just had some holes in the information that I needed to clear up to make sure that all was correct and made sense. You have helped by clearing up the one question of Fredrick Wattenbergs wife as her name is Steber. I have found that the original spelling of the family name is Stieber. I have a photo of Mary's brother "John Stieber" grave marker b. March 15, 1848 d. Nov. 22, 1914. I am also from Colorado and plan a trip to Brighton this Summer. I will e-mail you with more information and greater detail.

origin of wattenberg name

Mrswattenberg — 2002-03-27 04:15:47Z

Fred Von Wattenberg b.1826 married Mary Steber b.abt.1836 they had a son Fritz(probably Fredrick)Wattenberg b.1866 who married Ruth b.1867 and they had Fredrick W. Wattenberg b.1895,James E Wattenberg b.1899,Henry Edward Wattenberg b.1897 Who married Louise Brunner b.1907 They had son James Henry Wattenberg b.Abt.1932(all children not listed at this time)And he had a son Lesley James Wattenberg b.1953(all children not listed at this time)I will be glad to share any info with anyone.There is alot more to share please e-mail me

Re: Wattenberg Family

MarriaW — 2002-03-27 03:22:58Z

Hello I'm from colorado i'm married to Les Wattenberg.His ggt grandfather b.1826-1897 is fred wattenberg who married Mary Steber who had a son named named fritz wattenberg b.1866-1945.He married Ruth Huett b.Abt.1867-1949.who had a son named Henry Edward wattenberg b.1907 who married Louise.Who had a son named James Henry wattenberg.Who had a son Lesley James wattenberg.I'm looking for the the origin of the name wattenberg.Please e-mail me for any info we may share.

Wattenberg Family

nwattenberg — 2002-03-18 00:55:27Z

I am also looking for Wattenberg Family members. The Family names that I have interest in are Fredrick Wattenberg,father of Edward Wattenberg married to Hilda Anderson, and any information on Wattenberg Colorado, by Brighton, Colorado.

Re: Wattenberg Family

2001-12-31 01:08:48Z

Be nice to find what links the families together. There's a huge amount of Wattenbergs out on the web, seems like. My dad was Albert, brother Josef and sister Manya. I think there was an older brother or uncle that committed suicide after WWII.

I would be interested in hearing if there's a genealogical fork where the Jewish branches split off from the origins of the name. My father's family is from Silesia, which I know was a region under contention during the 30 Years War.

ANY FAMILY

2000-07-26 15:30:40Z

I am trying to find any Wattenberg family I can. My grandfathers name was Louis Wattenberg and he married Esther Fox Wattenberg. Some other names I know were Bernny, Abraham, Rosie.. If there is any information please write. They lived in NY and then moved to CA.